Improvement in carriage running-gears



J. L. WARE.

Carriage Running-Gears.

NQ. 136,570. PatentedMarch4.l873.

IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. WARE, OF MANTORVILLE, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOB TO SILAS E.

WARE, OF WAUPUN, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARRIAGE RUNNING-GEARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,570, dated March 4,187 3.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. WARE, of ll'lantorville, in the county ofDodge and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements inCarriages, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing.

My invention consists in an improvement in gearing for vehicles wherebyless" friction is produced in that part heretofore known as thefifth-wheel, and whereby the front axle is given a free verticalmovement at its ends, thus obviating all strains on the gearing, ashereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, afront-end view of same with portion broken away, showing the manner ofpivoting the swivel; and Fig. 3, a section of swivel and axle cutthrough the line so a: of Fig. 2, showing manner of pivoting front axle.

In constructing my invention I form the front end of the reach A withthree braces or prongs, two above and one below, which clamp or securein their respective places the spring B, the spring-head O, and theswivel l), as shown in Fig. 1. The swivel D I make in any suitable form,the one preferred being an oval ring with a journal or trunnion, a, atits apex,

which trunnion I continue on up through the spring-head and spring,securing it in place by means of a nut. To the lower edge or base ofthis swivel I also append a trunnion, b, which passes through a hole inthe front end of the lower prong, and is also secured by means of a nut,all of which is more fully shown in Fig. 2. By means ofthese verticaltrunnious a and b I obtain the same true horizontal motion produced bythe use of the fifth-wheel. Passing through a hole in'one side of swivelD, and screwed or bolted in the other side of same, is apivot, c, whichalso passes through and is secured by means of apin to a box, (Z, on thebottom of the axle-pla-teE. This plate is rigidly secured to the frontaxle by means of clips f f, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. To the, rear endof reach A I secure two braces or arms, g g, which run or extend backand are bolted to the rear axle.

When applied to carriages or buggies fit will be readily seen that myinvention overcomes to a great degree that friction which is caused bythe rubbing together of the two flat faces of the fifth-whee], thetrunnions or journals a and b, Fig. .3, being substituted therefor.

It will also be seen. that the wrenching,

twisting, and straining consequent upon one of the front wheels droppinginto a rut or hollow in the road, when the old method of gearing isused, is entirely overcome in my invention by pivoting the axle to theswivel, so as to allow of a free vertical movement at either end of theaxle, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2. This device, besides allowing amuch freer movement of the front axle and wheels, is equally as cheap tomake as the old style, if not.more so.

I do not claim, broadly, the idea of a double joint incarriage-couplings, as such have been made heretofore; but

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A coupling forcarriages, consisting of the ring D, provided at opposite ends with thebolts a b, and having the axle passing through and pivoted in said ring,the whole being constructed and arranged'to operate substantial- 1y asdescribed.

JOSEPH L. WARE.

Witnesses:

JOHN WARE, G. .A. MILLIKEN.

